I give props to moro for trying to write in English but I can't help but find his errors humorous. I would expect the same if I attempted to write in Arabic. I get plenty of giggles when I try to speak Arabic. It's all good fun. I don't think anyone was being malicious by finding humor in moro's mistakes.
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Dalia the poster isn't going to wait for your instructions on what to do and what not to do, he's simply trying to express his thoughts in his modest english so that all you non-arabic speaking people could participate,. Obviously if he wrote in arabic nobody would reply. Now he's reached a conclusion about our forum and I don't think its a positive one..thanks to all the sarcasm he's gotten. Posts: 3219 | From: Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. | Registered: Nov 2005
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Dalia were you in the DEO, when you were in Egypt ? Posts: 3219 | From: Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. | Registered: Nov 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Elegantly Wasted: ^^^ Agreed.
I give props to moro for trying to write in English but I can't help but find his errors humorous. I would expect the same if I attempted to write in Arabic. I get plenty of giggles when I try to speak Arabic. It's all good fun. I don't think anyone was being malicious by finding humor in moro's mistakes.
I get a full round of loooooooll's every time i try my crappy Arabic,but i also have a go at myself and join my fun Posts: 3833 | From: here,there,everywhere | Registered: Nov 2007
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quote:Originally posted by Dzosser: Dalia were you in the DEO, when you were in Egypt ?
No, why? I came here for work, not for going to school. Already had my university degree before ever travelling to Egypt.
quote:Originally posted by Dzosser: Dalia the poster isn't going to wait for your instructions on what to do and what not to do
Huh? I wasn't trying to give him any sort of instruction.
quote:Originally posted by Elegantly Wasted:
get plenty of giggles when I try to speak Arabic. It's all good fun. I don't think anyone was being malicious by finding humor in moro's mistakes.
Exactly. And you are right -- Egyptians often make fun of foreigners speaking Arabic.
Btw, that reminds me ... one of my pet peeves is when Egyptians address me with the male form of the verb. I was told that some people do that with foreigners, but I find it slightly offensive. I'm not a guy, and I'm not stupid. Posts: 2803 | Registered: Feb 2007
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quote:Originally posted by Dzosser: Dalia were you in the DEO, when you were in Egypt ?
No, why? I came here for work, not for going to school. Already had my university degree before ever travelling to Egypt.
++So now it makes sense, I thought you were an Egyptian..but no, you're a typical German.
quote:Originally posted by Dzosser: Dalia the poster isn't going to wait for your instructions on what to do and what not to do
Huh? I wasn't trying to give him any sort of instruction.
++But you sound like you're putting the rules for a poster not to even think of writing in a foreign language unless he masters it..typical German mentality.
quote:Originally posted by Elegantly Wasted:
get plenty of giggles when I try to speak Arabic. It's all good fun. I don't think anyone was being malicious by finding humor in moro's mistakes.
Exactly. And you are right -- Egyptians often make fun of foreigners speaking Arabic.
++Because they sound like nothing on earth..
Btw, that reminds me ... one of my pet peeves is when Egyptians address me with the male form of the verb. I was told that some people do that with foreigners, but I find it slightly offensive. I'm not a guy, and I'm not stupid.
++But they might think you look like one... Posts: 3219 | From: Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. | Registered: Nov 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Dzosser: ++So now it makes sense, I thought you were an Egyptian..but no, you're a typical German.
Not typical, but yes -- can't deny my cultural conditioning.
quote: ++But you sound like you're putting the rules for a poster not to even think of writing in a foreign language unless he masters it..typical German mentality.
You're doing my head in, Dzosser! Why do you always insist on misinterpreting most of my posts? I explained how it is for ME, not saying it is wrong for other people to write in a language they don't master entirely.
Typical Egyptian male mentality ... never listening right.
quote: ++Because they sound like nothing on earth..
Nonsense. They don't all sound the same.
quote:++But they might think you look like one...
Ah -- you're one of those who think I have short blonde hair, a German accent and a military handshake. Posts: 2803 | Registered: Feb 2007
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quote:Originally posted by Dzosser: ++So now it makes sense, I thought you were an Egyptian..but no, you're a typical German.
Not typical, but yes -- can't deny my cultural conditioning.
quote: ++But you sound like you're putting the rules for a poster not to even think of writing in a foreign language unless he masters it..typical German mentality.
You're doing my head in, Dzosser! Why do you always insist on misinterpreting most of my posts? I explained how it is for ME, not saying it is wrong for other people to write in a language they don't master entirely.
Typical Egyptian male mentality ... never listening right.
quote: ++Because they sound like nothing on earth..
Nonsense. They don't all sound the same.
quote:++But they might think you look like one...
Ah -- you're one of those who think I have short blonde hair, a German accent and a military handshake.
Well we call a strict person in Egypt 3askari Almani..sorry no offence, but a German lady isn't the soft French or Italian chick we have in mind. Posts: 3219 | From: Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. | Registered: Nov 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Dzosser: a German lady isn't the soft French or Italian chick we have in mind.
Yeah, I know lots of Egyptians have some weird misconceptions about German women. I am always being asked if I'm from France, Italy, or the US. Obviously my looks and persona don't fit their stereotype of Germans.
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quality: a personality or character trait: kindness is one of her many good qualities. ... An inherent or distinguishing characteristic; a property. A personal trait, especially a character trait: "The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence" (George S. Patton).
Synonyms: 1. trait, character, feature. Quality, attribute, property agree in meaning a particular characteristic (of a person or thing). A quality is a characteristic, innate or acquired, that, in some particular, determines the nature and behavior of a person or thing: naturalness as a quality; the quality of meat. An attribute was originally a quality attributed, usually to a person or something personified; more recently it has meant a fundamental or innate characteristic: an attribute of God; attributes of a logical mind ...
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quote:Originally posted by Dzosser: Seems all you people can offer is making fun of the poster, he's an Egyptian who cannot master the english language, which isn't a crime IMHO..let's see how you can spell arabic correctly in its own alphabet, now THAT would be fun.
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Sounds like a teacher in front of a class full of 5 yrs old children...with a waving finger and a punishing glance on her face.
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Yeah ! A german teacher wiz ze military WW II costume und ze spectacles und boots, holding a stick like in ze bondage porn movies. Posts: 3219 | From: Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. | Registered: Nov 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Dzosser: a German lady isn't the soft French or Italian chick we have in mind.
Yeah, I know lots of Egyptians have some weird misconceptions about German women. I am always being asked if I'm from France, Italy, or the US. Obviously my looks and persona don't fit their stereotype of Germans.
You must shave.
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quote:Originally posted by Dzosser: Yeah ! A german teacher wiz ze military WW II costume und ze spectacles und boots, holding a stick like in ze bondage porn movies.
quote:Originally posted by Questionmarks: Sounds like a teacher in front of a class full of 5 yrs old children...with a waving finger and a punishing glance on her face.
That's exactly the image I have of many Egyptian men here, particularly in the religion section. Posts: 2803 | Registered: Feb 2007
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poor fella! moro I think the word creative is perhaps slightly wrong in the sense you used it. It sounds more like you want a lady a bit impulsive with her own mind who is not worried about being seen as 'cut from a different cloth' to the majority of ladies in Egypt. Not that I am having a go at Egyptian ladies but as previously commented they are all very similar in how they do things.
OT One thing that stuck in my head since coming here is that EVERY Egyptian counts money exactly the same way, EVERY Egyptian ties a plastic bag in the same way
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quote:Originally posted by Dzosser: Yeah ! A german teacher wiz ze military WW II costume und ze spectacles und boots, holding a stick like in ze bondage porn movies.
Dzosser -- you need to stop entertaining those erotic fantasies about me! Posts: 2803 | Registered: Feb 2007
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Dalia its been some time now that you take matters too seriously, loosen up your uniform and let down this blonde hairdo, vonder if you can see ze welt in a different vay vizout zose spectacles ?? Egyptians tend to be a minority on this forum due to zis sort of attitude you show towards zem. Posts: 3219 | From: Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. | Registered: Nov 2005
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The temperature is so low in your house that 2 sweaters is a bare minimum if you want to be remotely warm. During the winter it's warmer outside than it is inside. You open the freezer and are excited to find a container of ice-cream,only to open it and discover it's full of homemade soup or stamppot.. When looking in the fridge, you never trust that the yogurt or margarine containers contain what the label says. You were green before it was popular. Why recycle when you can just reuse! You have a pair of wooden shoes in your house. Your china cabinet is filled with Delft. You like pickled herring. You've eaten oliebollen at New Years. You enjoy chocolate sprinkle (hagelslag) sandwiches. You have cousins who wear size 14 shoes and are over 6'4" You wash and reuse plastic cups and plastic cutlery. You have soup and open-faced sandwiches for Sunday lunch. The most frequent phrase uttered growing up was "Turn off the lights!" You get a chocolate letter every year for Christmas. All the tables in your house are covered in tablecloths. You like krokets.
You know that Vla is better than regular old pudding. You drink tea with breakfast, coffee at 10 am, tea at 3 pm, and coffee again at 8 pm (with cookies or biscuits of course!) You have an afghan knitted by your Oma. You collect coupons like they're going out of style. Your Oma had a calendar with everyone's birthdays & anniversaries spelled out in capital letters (bonus points if it hung in the bathroom!) You've been known to recycle aluminum foil. And ziploc bags. You own a special utensil that is only used for cutting cheese. You know that Gouda is the best cheese ever. You have at least 5 relatives with the same name (and somehow you always know which one is being talked about). When you hear all the "new ways to save energy" you yawn and say "I've been doing that all my life!"
You eat your sandwiches open-faced. "What? You want another slice of bread? I'll make you another sandwich." You rarely have both meat and cheese on the same sandwich. You have never met half the relatives at your family reunion You have 100 roles of toilet paper in your house because they were on sale. You put a little water into the jar of tomato sauce and shake it to make sure you got it all out. You have trouble shopping for hats. There should be at least two sizes: 'one size fits all' and 'dutch'. You wipe the last of the butter out of the container with your bun. All your cookies taste like almonds.
You make the bed in your hotel room. You have lace on your windows but not on your underwear. You like dubbel zout drops, and have occasionally tricked a friend into trying one. You've put mayonnaise on your french fries. Your kitchen is filled with milk bags drying, waiting to be reused in the freezer. You have a spoon collection. Your favourite mustard comes in jars that can be reused as drinking glasses. You leave a window open year round to get fresh air.
You eat stroop waffles. You love the colour orange. You have a vegetable garden because there's no way you're paying that much for veggies at the grocery store. Your fridge is always stocked with leftovers. Throw out food? Never! You go to the "Dutch Store" because the smell brings back so many childhood memories. You have pictures of windmills around your house. Everything is Do-It-Yourself - it's cheaper than hiring someone. You use "washandjes" (facecloths that you can put your hand into). You own tea towels and oven mitts patterned with windmills and dancing women in clogs.
You call it "MELK" not "milk". All your cousins have the same names as your brothers and sisters,because everyone is named after Oma and Opa. And finally, you know you're Dutch when.. You're laughing along with this list because you can relate to most it!
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Don't beat around the bush in Germany. If someone asks a question, answer it honestly and expect the same in return. "Yes I have put on a few pounds," is the correct answer.
You've been invited over to a friend's house, and his grandmother serves you a cake she has labored over for hours.
Granny: I had to go all over town to get the ingredients. It's my own grandmother's fruitcake recipe, but you can't get pickled figs and horseradish syrup at the shops anymore!
You have three responses to choose from:
a) Oh, thank you so much. It looks lovely.
b) Oh, thank you, but I'm dieting. I can't eat cake.
c) I don't like fruitcake at all and figs make me swell up and break into a hideous, oozing rash.
If you picked a, you are probably English or American. And even if you can't stand fruitcake, you'll shovel it in to make granny happy. Many well-mannered (or quick-thinking) Americans may also have chosen b.
The third answer, though, is reserved exclusively for Germans. How, after all, can honesty be rude? Why on earth would you lie, say the Germans? You don't like fruitcake, why pretend that you do? And those figs could kill you!
In England or the US, of course, answer c could very well result in a rolling pin upside the head. In Germany, however, it's merely a standard form that human interaction takes. You say what you have to say and that's that. You meet up with a German friend you haven't seen for awhile and chances are he might ask, "Have you gained weight?" It's not meant as an insult, merely a polite inquery.
The bottom line is that the rules of human interaction are different in Germany. Here are a few of them:
Personal invitations of all kinds are to be taken at face value.
"We're having a party, please do come," means "We're having a party, please do come," and not "We feel rude not inviting you in front of these other people, but surely you'll have the grace not to show up." Similarly, "Come over to my house and we'll have tea," means that you should start planning a date and time for that pleasant event. It is not to be confused with the Anglo-American "We should get together sometime," which means "I hope I never see you again."
Yes means yes and no means no.
If you ask whether you can share someone's table (or borrow a pen, or get a ride) and that person says yes, that's the end of it. Even if the person does not smile or tell you to go right ahead, you do not have to ask again. Germans will be perplexed when you insist: "Are you sure? I won't be bothering you, will I? I'll just take this little corner and be done in a minute." For heavens sakes, they said yes already, and it's not like you're asking them to donate a kidney. Just sit down.
Preferences are expressed directly.
If someone offers you tickets to the opera "Siegfried," don't put them off vaguely: "If only it lasted just a tiny bit less than six hours, I'd love to go, but my schedule is jam-packed." If you don't like Wagner, or opera, just say so. Germans will not be offended that you have an opinion that differs from theirs. But ...
You may have to talk about it.
There are consequences for all this directness, and this is one. You may be asked why you don't want to come to someone's party or why you don't like Wagner, and then you must explain. You may even have to have a discussion about it, or possible a debate. But perhaps you can do that over tea. Would you like to come over some time?
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Aha this is where I get this trait from. This is one of the traits that I truly like about myself. Not everyone appreciates it though. It seems my father's side is showing through after all.
quote:Originally posted by *Dalia*: BRUTALLY HONEST
"Have You Gained Weight?"
Don't beat around the bush in Germany. If someone asks a question, answer it honestly and expect the same in return. "Yes I have put on a few pounds," is the correct answer.
You've been invited over to a friend's house, and his grandmother serves you a cake she has labored over for hours.
Granny: I had to go all over town to get the ingredients. It's my own grandmother's fruitcake recipe, but you can't get pickled figs and horseradish syrup at the shops anymore!
You have three responses to choose from:
a) Oh, thank you so much. It looks lovely.
b) Oh, thank you, but I'm dieting. I can't eat cake.
c) I don't like fruitcake at all and figs make me swell up and break into a hideous, oozing rash.
If you picked a, you are probably English or American. And even if you can't stand fruitcake, you'll shovel it in to make granny happy. Many well-mannered (or quick-thinking) Americans may also have chosen b.
The third answer, though, is reserved exclusively for Germans. How, after all, can honesty be rude? Why on earth would you lie, say the Germans? You don't like fruitcake, why pretend that you do? And those figs could kill you!
In England or the US, of course, answer c could very well result in a rolling pin upside the head. In Germany, however, it's merely a standard form that human interaction takes. You say what you have to say and that's that. You meet up with a German friend you haven't seen for awhile and chances are he might ask, "Have you gained weight?" It's not meant as an insult, merely a polite inquery.
The bottom line is that the rules of human interaction are different in Germany. Here are a few of them:
Personal invitations of all kinds are to be taken at face value.
"We're having a party, please do come," means "We're having a party, please do come," and not "We feel rude not inviting you in front of these other people, but surely you'll have the grace not to show up." Similarly, "Come over to my house and we'll have tea," means that you should start planning a date and time for that pleasant event. It is not to be confused with the Anglo-American "We should get together sometime," which means "I hope I never see you again."
Yes means yes and no means no.
If you ask whether you can share someone's table (or borrow a pen, or get a ride) and that person says yes, that's the end of it. Even if the person does not smile or tell you to go right ahead, you do not have to ask again. Germans will be perplexed when you insist: "Are you sure? I won't be bothering you, will I? I'll just take this little corner and be done in a minute." For heavens sakes, they said yes already, and it's not like you're asking them to donate a kidney. Just sit down.
Preferences are expressed directly.
If someone offers you tickets to the opera "Siegfried," don't put them off vaguely: "If only it lasted just a tiny bit less than six hours, I'd love to go, but my schedule is jam-packed." If you don't like Wagner, or opera, just say so. Germans will not be offended that you have an opinion that differs from theirs. But ...
You may have to talk about it.
There are consequences for all this directness, and this is one. You may be asked why you don't want to come to someone's party or why you don't like Wagner, and then you must explain. You may even have to have a discussion about it, or possible a debate. But perhaps you can do that over tea. Would you like to come over some time?
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Dear you've been ruined by your society and it's females' superficial requirements. Qualities have nothing to do with what you own or can "bring to the table". It's your personal qualities. Those are most important.
quote:Originally posted by moromono: what do u mean by qualities ? car , flat ,...etc or ?
quote:Originally posted by Elegantly Wasted: Dear you've been ruined by your society and it's females' superficial requirements. Qualities have nothing to do with what you own or can "bring to the table". It's your personal qualities. Those are most important.
My thoughts exactly.
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Hello Ayisha : thanks for talking about the topic
poor fella! moro I think the word creative is perhaps slightly wrong in the sense you used it. It sounds more like you want a lady a bit impulsive with her own mind who is not worried about being seen as 'cut from a different cloth' to the majority of ladies in Egypt. Not that I am having a go at Egyptian ladies but as previously commented they are all very similar in how they do things.
OT One thing that stuck in my head since coming here is that EVERY Egyptian counts money exactly the same way, EVERY Egyptian ties a plastic bag in the same way
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by *Dalia*: [QB] BRUTALLY HONEST
"Have You Gained Weight?"
Don't beat around the bush in Germany. If someone asks a question, answer it honestly and expect the same in return. "Yes I have put on a few pounds," is the correct answer.
This made me laugh! I am half german (dads side) and my grandmother was the most straight talking say it as you see it person I ever met. I never realised this was a typically german trait! lol
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quote:Originally posted by Dzosser: Egyptians tend to be a minority on this forum due to zis sort of attitude you show towards zem.
Which attitude, Dzosser?
I have stated that *I* feel uncomfortable communicating in a language in which I can't express myself properly. I have not said that everybody else should feel the same way or not post because of that. There are lots of people on this and other boards who are happily posting away despite the fact that their English is anything but perfect. I don't think any of those people give a damn about my opinion regarding this matter.
Besides, as has been stated here, Egyptians often make fun of foreigners speaking Arabic, and so have you. So why is it ok for you and your fellow countrymen but not for others?
You've also tried to make fun of the typical German accent. I don't have a German accent at all, but even if that was the case, it wouldn't offend me because it's true ... that's the way many Germans speak English, and it does sound funny sometimes. So what? But people laughing about an Egyptian mixing up the "b" and the "p" and the sometimes funny results of that is driving Egyptians off this board? Give me a break!
There are many reasons why Egyptians are a minority on this board, I highly doubt that it is because of my *attitude*.
quote:Originally posted by Dubai Girl: This made me laugh! I am half german (dads side) and my grandmother was the most straight talking say it as you see it person I ever met. I never realised this was a typically german trait! lol
I have put my foot in it quite a few times when living in the US and also in Egypt and had to learn to change my approach to some matters. Now I try to find a balance between being myself and being honest but not offending people too much.
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quote:Originally posted by moromono: this mean u didnt see a princess before
Oh, I loved the story of Turandot as a child. You know -- the princess from 1001 Nights who had most of her suitors decapitated.
My five year old niece and most of the little girls I know love this princess very much, she's quite popular.
Maybe this quote isn't yours after all ?? It clearly reflects a sarcasm of a nasty nature that you cannot deny. You'd be thinking that an egyptian must, by default, be dealt with in a sarcastic way, since he wasn't able to express himself the German way wouldn't you ?? I've no clue about your arabic capabilities, but I think the OP has a better grasp on it than you have, you're still a 'khawagaya' to us egyptians , unless you're an egyptian who's managed to live in Germany for some obscure reason. Posts: 3219 | From: Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. | Registered: Nov 2005
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Oh..for the record, before you start digging out the archives, only once did I go against an egyptian on this board, namely SLM..and it wasn't for his grammar or spelling, I later apologized for being a nasty brat to him, that's it.. nothing else. Posts: 3219 | From: Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. | Registered: Nov 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Dzosser: Maybe this quote isn't yours after all ?? It clearly reflects a sarcasm of a nasty nature that you cannot deny. You'd be thinking that an egyptian must, by default, be dealt with in a sarcastic way, since he wasn't able to express himself the German way wouldn't you ??
Sarcasm, yes. Nasty, no.
My sarcasm was due to the use of the term "princess", it has nothing whatsoever to do with the nationality or language capabilities of the poster. Not sure how you came to that conclusion.
There is something about calling a woman a princess that I feel is a bit belittling and derogatory, and I'm not the only woman on here who expressed discomfort with that. A man who is looking for a partner who is on the same level as him, who sees women as actual human beings and doesn't entertain fairy tale phantasies about them, wouldn't ever speak of a "princess". It's a term of endearment you would use with a child, and in that case it's perfectly fine.
The original poster might not be aware of it, he probably thinks it's somehow sweet to speak of a woman as a princess, and I know he didn't mean it in a bad way. But it shows that he has a somehow immature outlook on relationships and on women, and that will not make it easier for him to find what he's looking for.
Or, as another poster expressed it>
If you lower your requirements a bit down a human level and just look for a sweet, loving, pretty in your eyes girl - then im sure she will turn up insted of runing screaming away.
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Nasty, yes since your reference is of a princess in a fairy tale, that decapitates people.
My sarcasm was due to the use of the term "princess", it has nothing whatsoever to do with the nationality or language capabilities of the poster. Not sure how you came to that conclusion.
My conclusion came from the fact that in arabic we refer to the girl of our dreams as a princess,'AMIRAT A7LAMI'..and the man is refered to as 'FARISS A7LAMI'.. the knight or horseman of my dreams..
There is something about calling a woman a princess that I feel is a bit belittling and derogatory, and I'm not the only woman on here who expressed discomfort with that.
That's because your arabic needs polishing up.
A man who is looking for a partner who is on the same level as him, who sees women as actual human beings and doesn't entertain fairy tale phantasies about them, wouldn't ever speak of a "princess". It's a term of endearment you would use with a child, and in that case it's perfectly fine.
Again your arabic has deceived you.
The original poster might not be aware of it, he probably thinks it's somehow sweet to speak of a woman as a princess, and I know he didn't mean it in a bad way. But it shows that he has a somehow immature outlook on relationships and on women, and that will not make it easier for him to find what he's looking for.
That's from your german view point.
Or, as another poster expressed it>
If you lower your requirements a bit down a human level and just look for a sweet, loving, pretty in your eyes girl - then im sure she will turn up insted of runing screaming away.
This poster doesn't claim to master the arabic language or to have lived in Egypt.
I have no intention of digging into archives, for what?
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knowing dahlia since 3 years, dahlia is a not only a good woman but also a great woman .howvere she has some agressive response but you can find her at the end kind. i do not find this a problem at all.
what i find a problem is that she is affected by freemindist thoughts and deviant ideas about some stuff.
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quote:Originally posted by moromono: Hello Ayisha : thanks for talking about the topic
poor fella! moro I think the word creative is perhaps slightly wrong in the sense you used it. It sounds more like you want a lady a bit impulsive with her own mind who is not worried about being seen as 'cut from a different cloth' to the majority of ladies in Egypt. Not that I am having a go at Egyptian ladies but as previously commented they are all very similar in how they do things.
OT One thing that stuck in my head since coming here is that EVERY Egyptian counts money exactly the same way, EVERY Egyptian ties a plastic bag in the same way
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'cut from a different cloth' cute descrition
i think u got what i need
so can u help
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Jesus Christ, talk about dramatics. Dalia didn't say anything that should be classified as "nasty". I'm part of a forum where the majority are American and they often laugh at some of my English mannerisms. When I met Sam's parents and attempted arabic, they thought it great fun (Sam laughs at some of my English, let alone my arabic lol). It’s not even something that happens between different countries. Many English people joke about the Londoner accent and the way they say things, just like we joke about the northern accents and their ways. If I came on here (or any forum) and said I was looking for my prince charming, or knight in shining armour, I wouldn't act the wounded child because it made people laugh, and *shock horror* they linked to a cartoon picture. I’m an adult, and can appreciate good sarcasm!
And considering the OP is looking for a nonegyptian woman, I think it a GOOD thing that the girls here are showing him that most women will not go giddy at being called a princess. If he wants to call a woman that, he can find an Egyptian one, but if he wants a western woman, then he should know calling a woman princess will just get him ridiculed.
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good points WK but the Brummy accent is the one made fun of, not the London one
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dalia wasnt being nasty, I thought her post was funny and if anyone called me a princess apart from my dad I would need a bucket! Posts: 15090 | From: http://www.egyptalk.com/forum/ | Registered: Jul 2004
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